The Spectre (1963)
Feb 17, 2022Italian Gothic
A work of brooding Italian Gothic, a loose sequel to The Terror of Dr Hichcock. Featuring oodles of atmosphere and the genre’s indisputable queen Barbara Steele as a wife haunted by a dead husband
Umberto Raho
Castle of Blood (1964)
Apr 15, 2013Italian Gothic/Haunted Castle
Classic work of 1960s Italian Gothic cinema. Director Antonio Margheriti rises above himself to create a vividly spooky atmosphere, while at the centre of the show is the haunted otherworldly looks of Barbara Steele
The Wild, Wild Planet (1965)
Aug 17, 1999Italian Space Opera
One of the cheap Italian space operas of the 1960s from Antonio Margheriti. This has a certain colourful absurdity amid the mostly dull happenings and B-budget effects
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Jun 15, 2014Giallo Psycho-Thriller
Italy's Dario Argento laid out the essence of the style - the arty murder set-pieces; flamboyant camerawork; the stylish music scores; and the psycho-thriller plots - in his first giallo film here
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
Oct 18, 2023Giallo Film
A giallo film with Anthony Steffen as an aristocrat who likes to pick up red-haired girls and kill them in the dungeon in his villa, who then becomes haunted by the ghost of his late wife
The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
Nov 30, 2022Giallo Thriller
From the heyday of the giallo film, an extravagantly colourful psycho-thriller involving the killing of models by a killer with a black cat. This works all the tropes of the genre with considerable style